Using Windows, I have a python program that runs CMD within using subprocess.Popen. When I run it from python, it works. When I create the executable and run it, it doesn't find the tool I am using (esptool):
'esptool' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
The command call I have built so far with --add-binary is as follows:
pyinstaller -F main.py -n "ProgramTest" -i resources/ico/icon.ico --add-binary "C:\\Users\\<my_user>\\AppData\\Local\\miniconda3\\envs\\this_env\\Scripts\\esptool.exe;."
(I have obtained the path to esptool by running where.exe esptool. That's the only instance of esptool that appears.)
Also tried the solution listed here, where they use = after the flag (--add-binary="...") and using lib as in --add-binary="...;lib".
Perhaps it has something to do with my python environments? Maybe I am not adding correctly the executable?
The code to execute my cmd lines is as follows:
import subprocess
def execute(cmd):
popen = subprocess.Popen(
cmd, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines=True
)
for stdout_line in iter(popen.stdout.readline, ""):
yield stdout_line
popen.stdout.close()
return popen.wait()
My environment:
Same problem as adding data, you must create a relative path to the .exe.
To be able to run the command in both an .exe and as a python script, I used:
def get_exe_path(exe_name):
if getattr(sys, "frozen", False):
application_path = os.path.join(sys._MEIPASS, exe_name + ".exe")
else:
application_path = exe_name
return application_path
Now, just by appending it at the beggining of the call I want to call, it works:
ESPTOOL_PATH = get_exe_path("esptool")
order = ESPTOOL_PATH + " --port " + port + " --chip esp32 erase_flash"